Opinion

Politicians can't complain if central banks attempt to fulfil their mandates by keeping interest rates at record lows, says an editorial in Mint. "Governments have abdicated responsibility for economic stability to their central banks. They've set inflation targets of 2% almost everywhere... But the more powerful central bankers become, the more tempted politicians will be to meddle," it says.

Despite his outrageous views, Donald Trump represents hope to many Americans, writes Girish Kuber in The Indian Express. "A complete outsider, a la Kejriwal, Trump has no baggage, telling people how the rich are getting richer in the current environment. Trump's success lies in his ability to tag Hillary to this "rich getting richer" syndrome. The poor view Trump as their weapon to get back at the system that robbed them. He sympathises with the poor and middle class by blaming the establishment for even war deaths," he says.